Swiss Criminal Code

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Art. 217

Neg­lect of duty to sup­port the fam­ily

 

1Any per­son who fails to ful­fil his or her fam­ily law du­ties to provide main­ten­ance or sup­port al­though he or she has or could have the means to do so, is li­able on com­plaint to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

2The au­thor­it­ies and agen­cies ap­poin­ted by the can­tons also have the right to file a com­plaint. In ex­er­cising this right, they shall take ac­count of the in­terests of the fam­ily.

1 Amended by No I of the FA of 23 June 1989, in force since 1 Jan. 1990 (AS 1989 2449 2456; BBl 1985 II 1009).

 
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